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Vegetated swales are a popular sustainable drainage system (SuDS) used in a wide range of environments from urban areas and transport infrastructure, to rural environments, sub-urban and natural catchments. Despite the fact that vegetated swales, also known as grassed swales, have received scientific attention over recent years, especially from a hydrological perspective, there is a need for further research in the field, with long-term monitoring. In addition, vegetated swales introduce further difficulties, such as the biological growth occurring in their surface layer, as well as the biological evolution taking place in them. New developments, such as the implementation of thermal devices within the cross-section of green SuDS for energy saving purposes, require a better understanding of the long-term performance of the surface temperature of swales. This research aims to contribute to a better understanding of these knowledge gaps through a descriptive analysis of a vegetated swale in Ryton, Coventry, UK, under a Cfb Köppen climatic classification and a mixed rural and peri-urban scenario. Precipitation and temperature patterns associated with seasonality effects were identified. Furthermore, a level of biological evolution was described due to the lack of periodical and planned maintenance activities, reporting the presence of both plant species and pollinators. Only one event of flooding was identified during the three hydrological years monitored in this research study, showing a robust performance.
Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Jorge Roces-García; Stephen J. Coupe; Esther Barrios-Crespo; Carlos Rey-Mahía; Felipe P. Álvarez-Rabanal; Craig Lashford. Descriptive Analysis of the Performance of a Vegetated Swale through Long-Term Hydrological Monitoring: A Case Study from Coventry, UK. Water 2020, 12, 2781 .
AMA StyleLuis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda, Jorge Roces-García, Stephen J. Coupe, Esther Barrios-Crespo, Carlos Rey-Mahía, Felipe P. Álvarez-Rabanal, Craig Lashford. Descriptive Analysis of the Performance of a Vegetated Swale through Long-Term Hydrological Monitoring: A Case Study from Coventry, UK. Water. 2020; 12 (10):2781.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Jorge Roces-García; Stephen J. Coupe; Esther Barrios-Crespo; Carlos Rey-Mahía; Felipe P. Álvarez-Rabanal; Craig Lashford. 2020. "Descriptive Analysis of the Performance of a Vegetated Swale through Long-Term Hydrological Monitoring: A Case Study from Coventry, UK." Water 12, no. 10: 2781.
Land-use change due to rapid urbanization poses a threat to urban environments, which are in need of multifunctional green solutions to face complex future socio-ecological and climate scenarios. Urban regeneration strategies, bringing green infrastructure, are currently using sustainable urban drainage systems to exploit the provision of ecosystem services and their wider benefits. The link between food, energy and water depicts a technological knowledge gap, represented by previous attempts to investigate the combination between ground source heat pump and permeable pavement systems. This research aims to transfer these concepts into greener sustainable urban drainage systems like wet swales. A 1:2 scaled laboratory models were built and analysed under a range of ground source heat pump temperatures (20–50 °C). Behavioral models of vertical and inlet/outlet temperature difference within the system were developed, achieving high R2, representing the first attempt to describe the thermal performance of wet swales in literature when designed alongside ground source heat pump elements. Statistical analyses showed the impact of ambient temperature and the heating source at different scales in all layers, as well as, the resilience to heating processes, recovering their initial thermal state within 16 h after the heating stage.
Carlos Rey-Mahía; Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Valerio C. Andrés-Valeri; Felipe Pedro Álvarez-Rabanal; Stephen John Coupe; Jorge Roces-García. Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3118 .
AMA StyleCarlos Rey-Mahía, Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda, Valerio C. Andrés-Valeri, Felipe Pedro Álvarez-Rabanal, Stephen John Coupe, Jorge Roces-García. Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (11):3118.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Rey-Mahía; Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Valerio C. Andrés-Valeri; Felipe Pedro Álvarez-Rabanal; Stephen John Coupe; Jorge Roces-García. 2019. "Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Housing Ground Source Heat Pump Elements through Laboratory Modelling." Sustainability 11, no. 11: 3118.
Lack of city space and conventional drainage systems failures have derived in the need to implement Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) techniques which provide multifunctional areas capable of managing stormwater, treating the pollutants present in the runoff, bringing back biodiversity to the urban environment, and providing amenity whilst improving livability. In this context, swales were studied as a potential multifunctional GSI for water management and energy saving. This research successfully proposed the combination of a wet swale with a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) system. The materials used within the cross section of a standard wet swale provided good isolation properties within the temperature performance ranges (20–50 °C), showing great potential for a swale to be developed together with GSHP elements, opening a new research area for water management and energy saving.
Valerio C. Andrés-Valeri; Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Carlos Rey-Mahía; Stephen J. Coupe; Felipe P. Alvarez-Rabanal. Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Designed as Multifunctional Green Infrastructure Systems for Water Management and Energy Saving. Proceedings 2018, 2, 1433 .
AMA StyleValerio C. Andrés-Valeri, Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda, Carlos Rey-Mahía, Stephen J. Coupe, Felipe P. Alvarez-Rabanal. Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Designed as Multifunctional Green Infrastructure Systems for Water Management and Energy Saving. Proceedings. 2018; 2 (23):1433.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValerio C. Andrés-Valeri; Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Carlos Rey-Mahía; Stephen J. Coupe; Felipe P. Alvarez-Rabanal. 2018. "Thermal Performance of Wet Swales Designed as Multifunctional Green Infrastructure Systems for Water Management and Energy Saving." Proceedings 2, no. 23: 1433.